The Revolution Will Not Be Televised in Los Angeles

More than 13 million homes are not ready for the switch to digital TV next year, according to Nielsen Media Research. Analog is so 2007. But, Los Angeles did not get the memo. Neither did Portland, Albuquerque, Houston, Minneapolis, or St. Louis. People in these cities are still using their old POS TV with no converter.

What does this mean? Well, it means that sometime during the course of 2009, your super-fly Zenith corner monstrosity with its 13 VHF channels will fade to fuzz. Probably during American Idol. Right when they announce that the winner is…………

8 Replies to “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised in Los Angeles”

They only started selling the set-top converters earlier this month according to the Neilsen link and there is a year until the changeover.

Why would the government start advertising these coupons and pushing for an early switch? Every person who buys a new set on their own this year is a person who won’t need the coupon and will save taxpayer money.

While there will surely be people who don’t get the message and miss a day or two of Judge Joe Brown, that will happen even if the government sent people door-to-door with free boxes in hand.

I’m not changing or buying a converter. Turns out that I don’t need to. DirecTV sends the signal digital and it already converts it for me. I was prepared to walk away from tv but no need to since DirecTV does it already.

Hmm, that sounded kinda snobby. I didn’t mean for it to. I just am terribly amused because I am so removed from this whole thing. Every time I see anything about it, the tone is one of such urgency. It just seems a little silly.